St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-18

all the local talent of Lord LanSdoWneS
friends cannot drown it. We are used
TO this sort of thing in the British par
Lament" Loud cheers, and Il voice
"Thrce cheers for LanSdoWne,' groans,
hiSSes and cheers; another voice, "Hur-
rah for O'Brien;" tremendous cheers
and groaning. Here an Orangeman
drew forth heavy stick and hit a man
with it, knocking him down. Then
there was rush caused by the prancing
of the horses of the mounted policemen,
and the crowd scattered i'll all direc-
tiOnS, many persons rushing for the
BIG HEAPS OF BRICKS
which were piled up in field close by.
They came back again, whether with
the bricks or not. did not Immediately
appear. Mr.. O'Brien continued: Il
am glad to see that although Lansdowne
has nothing to say himself, he has
friends who are able to say something.
God help Us. [Derisive laughter, cheers
an answer to-day from either Lord Lans-
downe or his friends. Here are his
friends [groans and Kisses, two dozen
of them IgroanS, cheering and cries of
30 'Brien"l whom a good policeman
could knock out in few minutes
Icheersl, if lie only wanted to. and the
only answer they can give for the
high and mighty potential who has
sent them here is cackling like
gesSe or the groanS of a jackaSS. Loud
laughter and cheers. They attempt to
shout down freedom of speech here to-
day. [Groans and cheers Well, we
generally succeed in putting down our
enemies in the house of commons
IcheCrSl and we will succeed in putting
them down here to-day. Tremendous
applauSe.l | don't blame the poor, de-
luded Orangemen who are making this
fight to-day. Here a man was knocked
down by a blow of a stick and Il free
fight followed among the Orangemen,
who set up a dismal h0wling.] We to-
day arc the party of law and order, and
we defy anybody to deny it," Cheers
and groans. Several voices cried:
BRAND O'BRIEN;'
The heart Of Ireland is at your back"
shouted another, and The heart of
Canada" cried another. A man from
the Orange party here got in front of
the platform among the Nationalists and
silk hat was crushed i'll by those around
him, and he disappeared under the
platform, bruised and bloody, where he
lay during the remainder of the day.
Il have Often.' continued O'Brien,
met jackaSSeS whose sound would be
more musical than that of these
miserable and misguided wretcheS
who came here to destroy that
freedom of speech which they boast
they love so much. DeriSive laughter.
If they have got anything to say for
LanSdOWne let their best man come on
this platform and | will guarantee him
a hearing. [Cheers.l But they are
afraid. Groans. Misses, and cries of
..l, ,,,l
are i'll the wrong; and we are bold and
defiant because we have right. truth
and justice on our side. Loud and pro-
longed applause, mingled with misses
and groanS. This demonstration takes
the last sod from under Lansdowne's
feet, for by it he confesses that he has
no better answer to our terrible ar
raignment than the rowdyiSm, black
guardiSm, vulgarity and ignorance of
this wretched and despicable crew.
Loud cheers. | am not at all sorry
that the gentlemen of the Toronto cor
pOratiOn have
BROKEN THEIR CONTRACT
as Lord LanSdOWne broke his, and have
refused us the hospitality of St, An
dreWS hall. There is one hall, thank
God, from which they cannot shut us
out-thiS open vault of heaven, which
the great architect of the universe has
built, and we have tale to tell which
we need not be afraid or ashamed to tell
in the free air of heaven and in the
open light Of day. One thing is now |
think certain, and that is that the Ca
nadians demand an answer to the terri
bic accusations we have made against
him. An answer there must be
or Lord Lansdowne stands con-
demned; an answer very different
from the vague piatitudeS with which
he fills his letter in the Toronto papers
of public hall and bOycotting us is not
an answer which would satisfy the in
telligent public opinion Of Canada.
Threatening lis with violence if we
dared to exercise the right of free speech
on free soil is not an answer. | think
nobody realizes more keenly than Lord
LanSd0wne to-day that the frothy dec
laration of the orators at Saturdays
meeting is not an answer which will
save Lord LanSdowne from the cOndem-
nation of enlightened and liberty-loving
men," Here the speaker said that Rev.
X. II. Kane had been allowed in Toronto
to denOUnce home rule, and continued:
But | would like to point out that the
Toronto on home rule did not prevail
with the Canadian parliament, or the
Canadian people. Applausel. "They
were rejected and reversed by Canadian
public opinion, and SO | venture to
think that the orators of Saturday fail
now as Rev. Kane failed then Time
will tell that the upshot of Saturdays
meeting was vote of confidence in the
Tory coercion government of Lord
Salisbury, that government whose cruel
and abominable coercion bill has just
been condemned by the Canadian par
lament by decisive and overwhelm-
ing majority. A vote of confidence in
Lord Salisbury! Could we possibly
completely are our opponents out of
sympathy with the vast masses of the
Canadian people.
AS FOR THE EPITI;ETS
Goldwin Smith [hiSSeS[ has been
pleased to shower upon mySelf-well, so
far as my humble personality is Of the
smallest consequence in this matter, |
am content to be judged by my own
cOuntrymen, Whe know me and can
read every thought of my heart. [Ap-
plausel. Judged by the announcement
from Northeast Cork in the morning
cablegrams Renewed applausel they
don't seem to share Mr.. Goldwin
Smiths opinion of me. | think we may
safety ledNe lne orators at saturdays
meeting to be crushed under the weight
of their own adjectives, and under
the ridicule of their own organs. l
could not possibly desire to say anything
more severe of them than their own Or
gans. Upon another occasion l should
be willing enough to enter into the de-
fense of ourselves and of our great
movement, if, indeed, defense at this
time of day is needed of movement
which has won the great heart and mind
of Mr.. Gladstone, and to which the
whole energies and the whole future of
the Liberal party in England are now
pledged. Loud applausel. But that is
not the question. The question is,
and Lord Lansdowne and his friends
shall not be allowed to escape